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The year that was

Dec 31st, 2016 | By Kaye Holland

It’s been a busy year and it’s time to take stock. Here travel writer and enthusiast, Kaye Holland, shares her 2016 holiday highlights

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Tags: Argentina, BA, Baires, Biarittz, Buenos Aires, Colonia del Sacramento, France, Hawaii, highlights, holiday, Lisbon, Madrid, Montevideo, Oahu, Porteños, Portugal, Punte del Diablo, Punte del Este, South America, spain, Travel, travel tips, Uruguay

Paradise found: part two

Sep 6th, 2016 | By Kaye Holland

Hawaii is always celebrating but with the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor on the horizon, Oahu has extra special reason to sing and dance – as JAT journo, Kaye Holland, discovers

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Tags: Airbnb, America, Hawaii, Honolulu, Mad Men, Mai Tai, North Shore, Oahu, Obama, Royal Hawaiian Hotel, shaved ice, Trader Vic's

To the Tiki 

Aug 9th, 2016 | By Kaye Holland

Put an umbrella on it at one of these Hawaiian hot spots…

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Tags: aloha, Bruno Mars, Charlie Chan, Donn Beach, Elvis, Elvis Presley, Harry Lee, Hawaii, Honolulu, island, islands, Mai Tai, Maui, Oahu, pineapple, Tiki, Trader Vic's, Tropics, Victor Bergeron, Waikiki

Following in Obama’s footsteps

Jul 6th, 2016 | By Kaye Holland

Obama’s O’ahu

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Tags: Barack Obama, Hanauma Bay, Honolulu, Indonesia, island, islands, Mark Twain, North Shore, Oahu, Obama, Olomana Golf Club, Plate lunch, President Obama, Rainbow Drive-In, shaved ice, White House

School of surf 

Jun 26th, 2016 | By Kaye Holland

Kaye Holland makes waves in Waikiki

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Tags: aloha, Duke Kahanamoku, Duke's OceanFest, Eddie Aikau, Hang ten, Hawaii, Hawaii Hot Spot Surf School, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Kelly Slater, Maui, Oahu, Pacific, Pearl Harbour, surf, surfing, Triple Crown of Surfing, Waikiki

Say hello to Hawaiian Foods Week

Jun 15th, 2016 | By Kaye Holland

If there is one thing you should know about Hawaii and its food…it’s that Hawaii locals love to eat and the islands boast a huge variety of restaurants, cuisines, experiences and produce.

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Tags: America, Fleetwood Mac, Food, Hawaii, Hawaii Island, loco moco, malasada, Maui, Oahu, Plate lunch, Shave ice, USA

Lantern Floating Hawaii ceremony, a must-see tradition

May 31st, 2016 | By Kaye Holland

The Lantern Floating Ceremony, held each Memorial Day at Ala Moana Beach Park, has become a Hawaii tradition

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Tags: Al Moana Beach Park, beach, beach park, Hawaii, Lantern Floating Hawaii ceremony, Memorial Day, Oahu, Pacific, park, Pearl Harbour

The dark side of paradise

May 24th, 2016 | By Kaye Holland

Hawaii has a huge homeless problem, defying the islands’ image of paradise

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Tags: America, beach, Hawaii, Homeless, island, Oahu, paradise, USA, Waikiki

It shouldn’t take much to make you hop on a plane to Hawaii in search of some winter sun, but there’s a lot more to Oahu, the ali – aka chief – of the islands than sipping Mai Tais on the white sands of Waikiki. From top notch surfing to traditional luaus (feasts), Kaye Holland has the low-down on the top 10 experiences that should be on every traveller’s Hawaiian hit list 

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Tags: aloha, America, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Bruno Mars, Diamond Head Park, Hanauma Bay, Hawaii, Iolani Palace, islands, North Shore, Oahu, Pearl Harbor, surfing, USA, Waikiki